Tottenham transfer news: Spurs face losing Townsend on the cheap after snubbing £12m summer offers

Cash out: Tottenham missed the chance to sell Townsend for £12m in the summer
Tom Collomosse16 December 2015

Tottenham face the prospect of losing Andros Townsend for a fraction of the fee they demanded last summer if they sell the winger next month.

Spurs chairman Daniel Levy turned down bids of about £12million before the season for Townsend, who was coveted by Newcastle, Sunderland and Aston Villa. Yet Townsend’s diminished status at White Hart Lane means the bids are expected to be substantially lower next month, around the £6-7m mark.

Townsend has not played for the first team for nearly two months — the 2-1 defeat at Anderlecht on October 22 — and was publicly reprimanded by head coach Mauricio Pochettino for the clash with fitness coach Nathan Gardiner that followed Spurs’s 3-1 win over Aston Villa on November 2.

Newcastle, Sunderland, Villa and West Brom have continued to follow Townsend, who now struggles even to make the squad for Premier League games. The 24-year-old was an unused substitute for the Europa League meeting with Monaco last week, even though Spurs had already booked their place in the next round.

Based solely on League position, West Brom would be the most attractive option but Standard Sport understands Townsend is intrigued by Newcastle. After a dreadful run of form under Steve McClaren, the Magpies appear revitalised by back-to-back wins over Liverpool and Spurs and the former England boss is known to have a high regard for Townsend.

Furthermore, relations between West Brom and Spurs are not thought to be at their best, following their failed attempts to sign Saido Berahino last summer.

Townsend has never pushed to leave but his future at the club is bleak. Indeed, Pochettino has publicly entertained the idea of his departure.

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